What color is a black paradise fish supposed to be?

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Wippit Guud

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I know, sounds like a trick question, but mine shifts color, sometimes in mere seconds. I've seen him a predominately black marble color, with a silver underbelly. And I've seen him mostly silver with just 2 black dots.

At first I figured for stress, but he'll shift colors in an instant one way or another with no rhyme or reason.
 

OrionGirl

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Mine does the same thing. He's a steely gray blue, but sometimes is totally black, or a silver with blue highlights. No stress--well cycled tank, few other fish, lots of hiding places. He's darkest when he's building bubble nests--only time his color is reliably the same.
 
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